Hundreds of excited comic book enthusiasts flocked to the sleepy backwater of Dorking in Surrey yesterday when it was announced that a gents outfitters, specialising in clothing for the clinically obese, was to be opened by Marvel Comic anti hero, The Incredible Hulk.

The proprietor of the store, “Broad In The Beam,” Mr Ronald Keithley, 59, spoke to local reporters shortly before the arrival of the popular rampaging brute and said.

“This is an absolutely tremendous coup for the business and a real fillip for our little town. I can’t believe The Hulk agreed to come at such short notice to be honest because I know for a fact he had a pretty hectic time of it last week when he spent over 2 hours locked in a grim life or death struggle battling The Submariner 5000 leagues beneath The Atlantic Ocean. Not only that, but he then spent the…